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thousands of students to washington d.c. to experience the workings of our government first hand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. >> health care was the main topic of house speaker nancy pelosi's weekly briefing. she comments on senator scott brown and his effect on health care legislation. after speaker pelosi, we'll hear from house minority leader john beohener. -- noehner. -- boehner. this is half an hour. >> in the morning. it looks like we need a bigger room. many of you have asked questions about where we go from here. let me congratulate senator brown from massachusetts. while this is also the massachusetts election, there were 58 senators. it has not diminished [unintelligible] health care to all americans is not a right -- is a right, not a privilege. we want to end discrimination based on pre-existing conditions. even though people with health insurance, their policy is to pay premiums -- and the list goes on and on. these and other issues " will hold insurance companies acc
thousands of students to washington d.c. to experience the workings of our government first hand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. >> health care was the main topic of house speaker nancy pelosi's weekly briefing. she comments on senator scott brown and his effect on health care legislation. after speaker pelosi, we'll hear from house minority leader john beohener. -- noehner. -- boehner. this is half an hour. >> in the morning. it looks like...
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it is just nice being out of washington. there are some nice people in washington. they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherry? [laughter] vilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and together as a nation. the single hardest thing about being is that it is harder for me to be able to do that these days. it did that give me wrong. you live above the store. i have a short commute. i see my children before they go to work. that makes everything so much better. but the truth is, being president is also a little confining. i cannot discuss to the barber shop or sit at the diner. this is part of the reason why i taken to the practice of reading 10 late tears on the 40,000 i get every night. that is just so that i can stay in touch. nothing beats in the day i can make an escape. come out here and spend a day - to visit plants like emc precision machining and the community college. a day with all of you. >> i love you. >> i love you back. thank you. [applause] >> let's be on this. -- honest. these
it is just nice being out of washington. there are some nice people in washington. they can drive you crazy. am i wrong, sherry? [laughter] vilege of traveling across this country, talking with folks like you about the challenges you face in your own lives, and together as a nation. the single hardest thing about being is that it is harder for me to be able to do that these days. it did that give me wrong. you live above the store. i have a short commute. i see my children before they go to...
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here is washington. david sheer is -- david is a dass in the state department, in at our asia-pacific region. he focuses on china. >> did this come up at the secretary's dinner last thursday? >> not to my knowledge. >> you talked about china relations yesterday -- but this is also a business issue. if business is one of the brighter spots of u.s.-china relations, if business goes sour, u.s.-china business relations kosar, what else is there as a glue to hold them together? >> you are talking about interaction between the two largest economies in the world. so, we are going to do business together. that is not the issue. what are the issues with in our economic relationship that need to be managed? this is a serious issue on a number of levels. as we have talked about, there are business standards and expectations and international norms expect your business partners to live up to. and we have had multiple conversations with china about activity, both in this area and more broadly. we have a mature relati
here is washington. david sheer is -- david is a dass in the state department, in at our asia-pacific region. he focuses on china. >> did this come up at the secretary's dinner last thursday? >> not to my knowledge. >> you talked about china relations yesterday -- but this is also a business issue. if business is one of the brighter spots of u.s.-china relations, if business goes sour, u.s.-china business relations kosar, what else is there as a glue to hold them together?...
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here in washington. david sheer is -- david is ain the state department, in the asia-pacific region. he focuses on china. >> did this come up at the secretary's dinner last thursday? >> not to my knowledge. >> china relations. he did talk about that yesterday. this is also a business issue. if business is one of the brighter spots of u.s.-china relations, can business goes sour -- if thosexd relations gos sour, what else is there is a glue to hold them together? >> you are talking about interaction between the two largest economies in the world. so we are going to do business together. that is not the issue. the issue is whether the issue is within our economic relationship -- this is a serious issue. -- on a number of levels. as we have talked about, there are business standards and expectations, international norms that you expect of your business partners. and we have had multiple conversations with china about activity both in this area and more broadly. we have a mature relationship with china. we h
here in washington. david sheer is -- david is ain the state department, in the asia-pacific region. he focuses on china. >> did this come up at the secretary's dinner last thursday? >> not to my knowledge. >> china relations. he did talk about that yesterday. this is also a business issue. if business is one of the brighter spots of u.s.-china relations, can business goes sour -- if thosexd relations gos sour, what else is there is a glue to hold them together? >> you...
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the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but as we have argued before, there are serious problems in the aid machinery, and these have contributed to the delivery challenges on the ground. the aid machinery currently at work keeps too much for overhead for its operations and still realize too much on ngos or contractors -- still relies too much on ngos or contractors. the fact that there are more indio's per capita in haiti than any other country in this hemisphere reaching more ngos -- more ngos in haiti it than any other country -- 80 will need the contractors and ngos -- haiti will lead the
the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but...
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the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but as we have argued before, there are serious problems in the aid machinery, and these have contributed to the delivery challenges on the ground. the aid machinery currently at work keeps too much for overhead for its operations and still realize too much on ngos or contractors -- still relies too much on ngos or contractors. the fact that there are more indio's per capita in haiti than any other country in this hemisphere reaching more ngos -- more ngos in haiti it than any other country -- 80 will need the contractors and ngos -- haiti will lead the
the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but...
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i read "the washington post" and in " the washington journal." i didn't think we have given up any sovereignty in our agreement with interpol. with interpol. we have gone to the point where -- we were alienated -- where are first judgment is to doubt whether or not to have confidence. we need to turn that around. we need to do that by modeling confidence so that we can develop confidence so that your first thought is not that they're going to do something wrong, but that they are going to do something right. we have created that through the years with the federal government. the federal government's action with us is that you're guilty until you can prove yourself innocent. i am not talkingÑi about a court of law, but the bureaucracy. we are going to assume that you're doing it right and have to prove that you're doing it wrong. that is not where we are today in terms of how the american public has to interact with bureaucracy. i am not worried about that. i may be wrong to not be worried, but you can tell me so in a couple of months. summary on
i read "the washington post" and in " the washington journal." i didn't think we have given up any sovereignty in our agreement with interpol. with interpol. we have gone to the point where -- we were alienated -- where are first judgment is to doubt whether or not to have confidence. we need to turn that around. we need to do that by modeling confidence so that we can develop confidence so that your first thought is not that they're going to do something wrong, but that...
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i do not think washington here is what they are saying. they clearly do not believe the president and miss pelosi and wt the president saying. they are saying enough is enough. they sent a message. washington should listen. >> does it with the republicans back in power? >> i think they want the job killing agenda in washington to stop. they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no, stop. they do not need us to pass legislation there has been no outreach of year. i want to sit down and try to address the problems that we have. i know my principles are. i am not going to sacrifice my principles by sitting down and
i do not think washington here is what they are saying. they clearly do not believe the president and miss pelosi and wt the president saying. they are saying enough is enough. they sent a message. washington should listen. >> does it with the republicans back in power? >> i think they want the job killing agenda in washington to stop. they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think...
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you really miss washington, i assume? >> you can't guess how much. >> i -- those -- i've listened to the comments of the secretary, your successor, and now you, and i'm listening to the members' questions and how much memory is lost in a year or 14 months from those faithful days in september and october. which all of us hope we never relive, but, in fact, we're very much significantly different than today and the coolness of being able to answer. one of the questions i was particularly interested in, because i was very involved with that time and what was happening with aig. my aspect of having some jurisdiction of insurance. as i understand it, because of financial products in london, was without assets and had a tremendous involvement in counterparty positions for about $2.8 trillion and whose counterparty positions were starting to fail and they had to honor them, their initial internal decision of aig was to use the assets of the world's largest insurance company and they sought permission and it they sought permissi
you really miss washington, i assume? >> you can't guess how much. >> i -- those -- i've listened to the comments of the secretary, your successor, and now you, and i'm listening to the members' questions and how much memory is lost in a year or 14 months from those faithful days in september and october. which all of us hope we never relive, but, in fact, we're very much significantly different than today and the coolness of being able to answer. one of the questions i was...
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they don't think washington hears what they're saying. and they clearly don't believe the president and ms. pelosi and senator reid are hearing what they're saying. they're saying enough is enough is enough. and so they sent a message washington should listen. >> is that message, put the republicans back in power? >> at this point i think what they want to do is they want the job-killing agenda here in washington to stop. listen, they're not enamored with us except that right now they're ready to take a chance on us because they've seen what the other team can produce. >> yesterday on n.p.r. you said that you would favor bipartisan legislation as long as it leans in your direction, the balance leans in your direction. do you think that it's the responsibility of the majority, the only way they can get bipartisan votes is to have legislation that leans in the minority's direction? >> you have to remember that there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house the democrats, majority, is 40 seats larger than the minority.
they don't think washington hears what they're saying. and they clearly don't believe the president and ms. pelosi and senator reid are hearing what they're saying. they're saying enough is enough is enough. and so they sent a message washington should listen. >> is that message, put the republicans back in power? >> at this point i think what they want to do is they want the job-killing agenda here in washington to stop. listen, they're not enamored with us except that right now...
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post ♪] [♪the washington post ] [♪ the washington p [ost ♪ ] [ ♪ the washiongton post ] [♪ the washiongton post ♪] [ ♪ the washoington post ] [band music ] [milirartary march] ♪ military march ♪ [military music] [♪ military music ] [♪ military music ] [♪ military music ] [♪ military music ] [♪ god bless america ] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the senate has approved raising the federal debt limit by more than $2 trillion. the vote was along party lines, 60-39. they added an amendment to allow new spending be offset by spending reductions or tax increases 3 measure now goes to the house pretty soon it turns to the domination of the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke to a second term. the bill is possible today. the house is not in session because republicans are attending their legislative retreated baltimore. next month marks one year since congress passed the economic stimulus money. of the $787 billion approved, just under $330 billion has been committed with $172 billion actually p
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we will continue to hang around the little but at the washington auto show. the ceo of ford is making a speech. we will show that to you later. that is ford motor co. president and ceo alan mulally. we appreciate your calls this morning. we'll take it to capitol hill for a hearing on aviation security and like to order 53. the chairman will be joe lieberman of connecticut. the two featured speakers, witnesses, tom kaine, and lee hamilton, former chairman and vice-chairman of the national commission on terrorist attacks upon the u.s., the 9/11 commission. that will run a couple of hours and we will be live until the house cavils and tha. enjoy your day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . ç>> the hearing will come to order. this is the second in a series of hearings will examine where the intelligence reforms in the wake of the attack of 9/11 are working. toefor in the light of recent terrorist attacks and the ongoing threat in what we have done earlier may need further reform so
we will continue to hang around the little but at the washington auto show. the ceo of ford is making a speech. we will show that to you later. that is ford motor co. president and ceo alan mulally. we appreciate your calls this morning. we'll take it to capitol hill for a hearing on aviation security and like to order 53. the chairman will be joe lieberman of connecticut. the two featured speakers, witnesses, tom kaine, and lee hamilton, former chairman and vice-chairman of the national...
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each year the washington center brings thousands of students to washington, d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. "q&a" cited night at 8 on c- span. >> this weekend on the communicators, former senator and now head of the national association of broadcasters gordon smith on the sec -- fcc plan to expand the broadcast spectrum and what it might mean for broadcasters. saturday on c-span. now today's state department briefing. topics included relief efforts in haiti and u.s. relations with yemen. also, secretary of state clinton's recent remarks calling for china to reveal the bulls allegations that government sentience ship -- 's allegations about censorship. he spoke for an hour. >> i am try to get toing to getc ross down here. i'm delighted to have an opportunity to do that. he will be accompanied by fema administrator craig fugate. dr. shaw will be getting his second firsthand look at the u.s. operations there. he will meet with haitian officials as they did last satur
each year the washington center brings thousands of students to washington, d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. "q&a" cited night at 8 on c- span. >> this weekend on the communicators, former senator and now head of the national association of broadcasters gordon smith on the sec -- fcc plan to expand the broadcast spectrum and what it might mean for broadcasters. saturday on...
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it is fair for us in washington, d.c., or is it fair for us in washington, d.c. to place them into a restricted designation without their consent? and also not knowing whether the consent exists or not? it is not only these 2,900 acres of dry land that's affected by this legislation. in addition, this bill includes the park associated submerged lands up to three miles territorial limits of the vigvig. fishing is pro-- of the virgin islands. fishing is prohibited. i hope this is not the impact of struggling fishermen, but it's a possibility that deserves attention and has yet to be addressed but would have if the feasibility study was completed. these would be questions that could be answered. if this legislation does move forward today, i hope the current landowners and their descendents are aware that the national park service will be zoning -- be now their zoning board. i'd like to know there is no willing seller provision in this legislation. and while a willing seller provisions are minimum at best protection, at least with this language congress is on record
it is fair for us in washington, d.c., or is it fair for us in washington, d.c. to place them into a restricted designation without their consent? and also not knowing whether the consent exists or not? it is not only these 2,900 acres of dry land that's affected by this legislation. in addition, this bill includes the park associated submerged lands up to three miles territorial limits of the vigvig. fishing is pro-- of the virgin islands. fishing is prohibited. i hope this is not the impact...
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we had leaders in washington, d.c., who implemented an extreme ideology, that ideology got implemented here in the united states congress, it was their ideology that was governing or not governing wall street, it was the lack of investment in jobs, education, health care, that needed to be made, and all of a sudden fast forward a few years, the ponzi scheme ends, the house of cards collapses and it's not just wall street that has problems, it ripples throughout the economy and now we have in some cities 15%, 20% unemployment. we have health care costs zooming out of control, energy costs zooming out of control. we continue to be dependent on foreign sources for our energy which is a national security issue, because these problems weren't addressed and the initiatives that we have put forth over the last year have begun to shift the trends at least away from losing hundreds of thousands of jobs a month to, you know, only losing 80,000, from 700,000 to 80,000, from the stock market ending up at 6,500 a year ago now up to over 10,000. up 55%. so, things aren't perfect, but they certainly
we had leaders in washington, d.c., who implemented an extreme ideology, that ideology got implemented here in the united states congress, it was their ideology that was governing or not governing wall street, it was the lack of investment in jobs, education, health care, that needed to be made, and all of a sudden fast forward a few years, the ponzi scheme ends, the house of cards collapses and it's not just wall street that has problems, it ripples throughout the economy and now we have in...
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host: you are here in washington now. where do you hope or know your next assignment will be? guest: i am still waiting on the army to tell me how i can best serve the needs of the army. if that is in afghanistan, taking the research i have done and putting it into practice, if it is in the pentagon, taking the research i have done and knowledge i have gained and putting it into policies that allows the people in the ground to do better -- the great thing about being in the army, they will let you know, but they will not rush to tell you. i will know what my next assignment is going to be probably in april and be headed that way in june or july. bono's? it could be any one of the number of things. but i will get a job that lets me make it easier on the good guys and hard on the bad guys where i'm. host: memphis. greedy, on the republican line -- grady on the republican line. caller: i wanted to ask him -- even in the urban cities of america, you have a gang problem. of the male, the father figure. how did this affect what i have been hearing this morning? something that we cou
host: you are here in washington now. where do you hope or know your next assignment will be? guest: i am still waiting on the army to tell me how i can best serve the needs of the army. if that is in afghanistan, taking the research i have done and putting it into practice, if it is in the pentagon, taking the research i have done and knowledge i have gained and putting it into policies that allows the people in the ground to do better -- the great thing about being in the army, they will let...
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and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which could have been a direct interference with freedom of the press. so the supreme court ruled the right way a week or two later. it all happen very, very swiftly. the impact of the story was enormous. it led to the toppling of the government, to the resignation of a president, two steps ahead of almost certain impeachment. it put the country into a terrible tailspin and i would submit that we're still not out of that. and it ignited in young journalists the belief that they could automatically become a woodward or a burn stein. so on the one hand the excitement into doing investigative reporting is very good. president overexciteme
and so on the part of the editor and the publisher tft "washington post" it was an -- of "the washington post," it was an extremely important and gutsy decision. because sometimes the evidence was not absolutely there. it seemed to be moving toward a conclusion, but it wasn't there. and then of course if the u.s. government at that time under president nixon asked the attorney general to put out an injunction to stop "the washington post" from publication. which...
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democrats line, washington. robert. caller: one of the points was already made about how you do not get to make your decisions on
democrats line, washington. robert. caller: one of the points was already made about how you do not get to make your decisions on
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washington d.c. has done an abysmal job of securing our borders. >> both the governor and the senator continued to give lip service to a problem that is plaguing taxes. it is hurting all of us. immigrants and citizens alike. we must get serious about illegal immigration i. we must stand up against washington d.c., a primary reason for the rising health- care costs is a federal legislation that we need to stop those incentives. >> i wish we had more time for all of this. we are at the end of our debate portion. we have time for closing statements. >> many of you have had to work very hard to ensure that we had a voice on this stage tonight. i hope you can tell by my answers that i would lead us along the path less traveled and that will make all the different for taxes. we have a real opportunity here to restore true private property m&=[wçy
washington d.c. has done an abysmal job of securing our borders. >> both the governor and the senator continued to give lip service to a problem that is plaguing taxes. it is hurting all of us. immigrants and citizens alike. we must get serious about illegal immigration i. we must stand up against washington d.c., a primary reason for the rising health- care costs is a federal legislation that we need to stop those incentives. >> i wish we had more time for all of this. we are at...
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"washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to send an additional 3500 soldiers and police officers to haiti. we will have the news conference live until it starts today as election day in massachusetts pretty special senatorial election. spoke to a reporter on this morning's "washington journal per-quo ♪ c." all eyes on bay state ballot. what is the turnout strategy for both candidates today? guest: i think on the democratic side, martha coakley's supporters -- democrats tend to have an evanish on the ground on election day because they outnumber republicans but they are trying to sto
"washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to...
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the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but as we have argued before, there are serious problems in the aid machinery, and these have contributed to the delivery challenges on the ground. the aid machinery currently at work keeps too much for overhead for its operations and still realize too much on ngos or contractors -- still relies too much on ngos or contractors. the fact that there are more indio's per capita in haiti than any other country in this hemisphere reaching more ngos -- more ngos in haiti it than any other country -- 80 will need the contractors and ngos -- haiti will lead the
the first one is in washington, less than a year ago. the results are noteworthy and worries some -- worry some. despite the pledge to support the economic recovery program, after the hurricane that destroyed 15% of gdp, it was estimated by my co-workers of the un that a mere $61 million had been disbursed. we have been tracking the disbursement -- 85% of the pledges made a year ago and are not dispersed. many of us worry if past is prologue, haitians themselves will be to blame for this, but...
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washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the republicans did not do a day's work since they were in office. we are paying them some $100,000 per year to a creek. how many jobs did the republicans make? not one. guest: i think that he is emblematic of many people's an ger out there when they look at washington as a dysfunctional entity good with democrats and republicans. as a political strategist a think both karen are aware that the american public has increasingly desired fast results. it is one of the down sides of technology. people are looking for the instant reaction and also for the instant solut
washington -- i think that washington will change obama. i'm disappointed. we're all christians. but only god knows who is christian and who is not. republicans when they were in office put this country in the worst situation that we could be in. this guy sitting there talking, he realizes what the republicans did to this country. how in the world can you sit there with a straight face it and say what you say? i told people that obama would get some jobs in hear. the republicans -- the...
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host: this is from "the washington post." like the brown campaign, coakley's operation grown in hasty formation. detroit, a gene on the democrat line. your thoughts this morning -- jeanne. caller: house and people forget. it took years for us to get into the position they were in, and it started with president reagan and the deregulation and the changes that they made in the tax code that took away the interest deduction, how they gave money to the rich believing in the trickle-down effect, how it was the republicans who drafted naphtha under bush i, president clinton signed into law but it was the republicans brought that about. i watched -- they have been against working class people and anyone who believes that the republican people care about working class people is sadly mistaken. greta, one other thing. i know the republicans claim to be the moral authority and have watched the laws they passed and listen to the caller's talking about individualism and to me their philosophy is more of what jesus described as scribes an
host: this is from "the washington post." like the brown campaign, coakley's operation grown in hasty formation. detroit, a gene on the democrat line. your thoughts this morning -- jeanne. caller: house and people forget. it took years for us to get into the position they were in, and it started with president reagan and the deregulation and the changes that they made in the tax code that took away the interest deduction, how they gave money to the rich believing in the trickle-down...
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i bet they can hear this sharing of the way in washington, d.c. -- charing all the way in washington, d.c. >> [cheering] >> thank you. thank you. yes, i did this morning. thank you. i hope they are playing close attention. tonight the independent voice in massachusetts has spoken. from spring killed two cape cod, the voters decided toe odds. we have delivered a great victory. i think the people of massachusetts for electing me as your next united states senator. >> [cheering] >[ chanting "41"] >> everyday i hold this office, i will give that is all inmates to serve you well and make you proud. -- all in me to serve you well and make you proud. i will never -- thank you. while the honor is mine, the senate seat belongs to no one person or political party. as i have said before, this is the people's seat. >> [chatning "people's seat"] >> thank you very much. i spoke to the center. he has completed his work as the senator. i spoke to him. he is very gracious. he welcomes me as soon as i can get there. i want to thank him from the bottom of my heart. >> [chanting indiscriminately] >> i wa
i bet they can hear this sharing of the way in washington, d.c. -- charing all the way in washington, d.c. >> [cheering] >> thank you. thank you. yes, i did this morning. thank you. i hope they are playing close attention. tonight the independent voice in massachusetts has spoken. from spring killed two cape cod, the voters decided toe odds. we have delivered a great victory. i think the people of massachusetts for electing me as your next united states senator. >> [cheering]...
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, under president johnson, he was even picking the bombing sites in washington. instead of letting the service men do their jobs. one of the things i admired about former president george h.w. bush, when he committed we were going to liberate kuwait from the atrocity of saddam hue cain moving in and taking over that country, he did a great thing he called in the military guys and said, you guys are in the military, you tell me what we need. here's what we're going to do, we're going to liberate kuwait. they put together a plan and that's what they did. it was not the civilians running the activity. as sam johnson a member of our body here, colleague, who was in the hanoi hilton for nearly seven years, as he was told after we carpet bombed north vietnam, hanoi, for two week, they rushed back to the negotiating table, worked out a deal that was favorable to them and not the united states, as sam says, when he was leaving the p.o.w. camp, the hanoi hilton, a commander was laughing and said you stupid americans if you'd just bombed us one more week we would have had
, under president johnson, he was even picking the bombing sites in washington. instead of letting the service men do their jobs. one of the things i admired about former president george h.w. bush, when he committed we were going to liberate kuwait from the atrocity of saddam hue cain moving in and taking over that country, he did a great thing he called in the military guys and said, you guys are in the military, you tell me what we need. here's what we're going to do, we're going to liberate...
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washington, d.c. he is one of many mayors there were here this week to meet with the president to talk about the economy and jobs. washington, d.c. i want to begin with this headline from "the new york times," conference of mayors stressed the need of new grounds for stimulus money. are you looking for another round of stimulus money? guest: i think any city would like to have it there is the mill is money available, pointed their way. mares are the same regardless of party. if there is going to be stimulus, we believe the cities of the best place to put that stimulus money to work. host: how much money has mesa, arizona, received thus far from the first round of stimulus funds? guest: directly and indirectly we actually put in to play a little over $70 million in the city on a variety of projects from a variety of sources. host: how many jobs have been created or saved? guest: that is one thing that is sort of hard to tell. we actually haven't done any talent on the exact job count. we are more inter
washington, d.c. he is one of many mayors there were here this week to meet with the president to talk about the economy and jobs. washington, d.c. i want to begin with this headline from "the new york times," conference of mayors stressed the need of new grounds for stimulus money. are you looking for another round of stimulus money? guest: i think any city would like to have it there is the mill is money available, pointed their way. mares are the same regardless of party. if there...
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southern command and by circumstance, happened to be in washington, d.c. when the earthquake hit haiti. as most of you in this room know, as the commander of u.s. southern command, he will be the person in charge of the d.o.d. effort as we provide support and assistance to haiti and he has to get back to his command to oversee that effort but before he left, he has offered to give us about 30 minutes to answer some of your questions. so with that, general, thank you for taking your time. i know you're busy, we appreciate it. >> thanks very much. it's a pleasure to be with you. first i want to reiterate just from the united states southern command standpoint and the department of defense standpoint, our prayers and condolences go out to the citizens of haiti and all the other partners who are there. it's a horrific event that they've suffered through and we're working every effort we can and pushing and leaning as far forward as we can to support the lifesaving measures initially, doing assessment, and then look beyond that into the humanitarian disaster re
southern command and by circumstance, happened to be in washington, d.c. when the earthquake hit haiti. as most of you in this room know, as the commander of u.s. southern command, he will be the person in charge of the d.o.d. effort as we provide support and assistance to haiti and he has to get back to his command to oversee that effort but before he left, he has offered to give us about 30 minutes to answer some of your questions. so with that, general, thank you for taking your time. i know...
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the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the lady -- the gentlelady from minnesota, ms. mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. ms. mccollum: thank you, madam speaker. in the wealthiest country of the world, too, too many of our citizens live in poverty. and the numbers are growing. mr. mcdermott and chairman rangel, thank you for bringing this important resolution to the floor. families in minnesota and across this country are hurting. the economy may be improving on wall street, but families on main street are hurting. workers are wondering if they can survive after their unemployment insurance runs out. our neighbors are jobs are facing hours being cut, facing pay cuts and they are in fear of also losing their job. and the housing crisis has turned families from their home and the homeless shelters are full. access to basic health care and putting food on the table are now a struggle for far too many americans. and more families are f
the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. mcdermott: madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the lady -- the gentlelady from minnesota, ms. mccollum. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from minnesota is recognized. ms. mccollum: thank you, madam speaker. in the wealthiest country of the world, too, too many of our citizens live in poverty. and the numbers are growing. mr. mcdermott and chairman rangel, thank you for bringing this important resolution to the floor. families in...
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the way things are running in washington, d.c. the truth is purposely hidden from the people and the question is why, why can't the people see through c-span what is taking place behind closed doors? because it's giving power to government and not to the people. and that's why we aren't being allowed to see what is taking place. it's about making the phrase we the people, changing that phrase to we the subjects and that's why we the people aren't allowed to see what is taking place behind these closed doors and in secret. spending, taxing, regulating and borrowing, that's what is taking place and nothing more than they won't tax. freedom is never more than one generation of extinction. it must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same. one day, we'll spend our sunset years telling our children and children's children what it was once like in the united states where people were free. legislation, mr. speaker, especially the most important in recent years, health care should be done openly, openly so we can see
the way things are running in washington, d.c. the truth is purposely hidden from the people and the question is why, why can't the people see through c-span what is taking place behind closed doors? because it's giving power to government and not to the people. and that's why we aren't being allowed to see what is taking place. it's about making the phrase we the people, changing that phrase to we the subjects and that's why we the people aren't allowed to see what is taking place behind these...